Burlington expands permitted uses on vacant Church Street lot
Burlington’s city council has expanded the allowable uses on a vacant, commercial parcel at a South Church Street intersection that also serves as the...
Commissioner Pam Thompson shifts from GOP to unaffiliated
A recent change in one local official’s voter registration has brought an abrupt end to the Republican Party’s six-and-a-half-year monopoly on Alamance County’s governing...
Castoffs get second life on canvas
A Burlington artist is holding her first-ever solo exhibition at a nearby public library this summer.
Just two years ago, Wendy Spears of Burlington sat...
Graham fire chief doubles as baseball umpire
Cole among area umpires to work state finals in Burlington
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
There won’t be an area team in the high...
ACC honors alumni, students, and employees
Alamance Community College (ACC) alumni, faculty, staff, and students were honored during an annual awards ceremony earlier this month.
ACC alum chief Matt Lawrence of...
Attorney honored for revamping century-old home in Burlington
An eye-catching period home in Burlington’s historic district has nabbed more than just a curious glance from the city’s historic preservation commission.
Earlier this week,...
County mgr. proposes 1.59¢ (3.4%) property tax hike, 2% spending increase, cuts to ABSS
There was no lively sales pitch when Alamance County’s manager presented her latest spending plan to the county’s board of commissioners this week.
Instead, county...
Graham’s Parsons could be leaving city council sooner than election
Graham city councilman publicly notified fellow councilmen of what many had known for a few months.
Councilman Joey Parsons used his turn during the “council...
ACC names atrium for ‘transformational’ former president Dr. Algie Gatewood
Alamance Community College welcomed local elected officials, business leaders, community members, and staff at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday afternoon for a newly-christened atrium named...
An interview with the art teacher, and artist, who is ABSS teacher of the...
Southeast High School art teacher Windy Lampson has been selected as the Alamance-Burlington school sys-tem’s 2025 Teacher of the Year.
A native of Goldsboro and...
